Brens? was Re: [OT] Clear Preds

At 11:05 PM -0500 9/5/01, devans@uneb.edu wrote:
>I've a couple, and have suddenly gone 'rolling black out' on the
source.
>
>Ainsty?
>
>I didn't see it mentioned, but was going to ask about the Bren used as
a
>TD. However, TOO OT, so I'll start doing searches.

I expect that you're speaking of the Universal or Bren Carriers here 
and not the .303 British Bren LMG. Aside from the general use of the 
Boyes AT rifle in .51 calibre from the various Infantry carriers. The 
Aussies did build up their own Bren carriers with a 2lbr. They never 
deployed them though.

One note about the Bren carriers is that they were a separate design 
based on the same chassis with some rather mission specific fits. In 
the case of the Bren carrier, there was a projection in the left 
front for the Bren to fire through.
There was a Vicker's carrier (No slot for the Bren gun or projection 
iirc) and the Vickers was fitted in its own specific manner. There 
was also an infantry carrier with special side seating and one or two 
other specific models early on (Mortar carrier).

The various productions were all amalgamated into the Universal 
Carrier for quicker production with fewer mission specific 
modifications. There was a host of other types made later on in 
Britain and in other commonwealth nations of similar designs. The US 
made the T16 with an additional road wheel. As the war progressed 
more odd modifications were made of the Universal carrier the most 
interesting being the Flame thrower variants.

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